Chief deputy Linda Stewart and administrative coordinator Sandra Bonnette of the Rapides Parish Registrar of Voters Office show off materials at their office on Monday.

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As registrars of voters across the state prepare activities for Voter Registration Week next month, the NAACP and Project Vote, a nonprofit organization, are celebrating a rise in voter registration they say is due to a court ruling against state officials.

Project Vote says filing and winning a lawsuit accusing state agencies of not following the National Voter Registration Act resulted in 29,233 voter registration forms being filed over a two-year period. The non-profit organization says after the suit was filed in 2011 and a subsequent ruling in 2012, the number of applications filed ...